Useful links
Official EU resources relevant to the interpretation, application and enforcement of the ePrivacy Directive
Official European Union sources specific to the ePrivacy Directive that a practitioner is likely to need day to day, grouped by type and ordered by likely usefulness. All links were checked on 19 September 2026.
1. The legislation
- Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy Directive), consolidated text as amended (19 December 2009) eur-lex.europa.eu
- Directive 2002/58/EC, Official Journal text as adopted eur-lex.europa.eu
- Directive 2009/136/EC (Citizens’ Rights Directive), amending Directive 2002/58/EC eur-lex.europa.eu
- Directive 2006/24/EC (Data Retention Directive), amending Article 15 (declared invalid by the Court of Justice on 8 April 2014) eur-lex.europa.eu
2. EU-level guidance
- Digital privacy: the ePrivacy Directive (European Commission) digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
- EDPB Opinion 5/2019 on the interplay between the ePrivacy Directive and the GDPR edpb.europa.eu
- EDPB Guidelines 2/2023 on the technical scope of Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive edpb.europa.eu
- Report of the work undertaken by the Cookie Banner Taskforce (EDPB) edpb.europa.eu
- Court of Justice, Joined Cases C-293/12 and C-594/12, Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger (judgment of 8 April 2014 declaring Directive 2006/24/EC invalid) curia.europa.eu
3. Regulators, authorities and bodies
- European Data Protection Board edpb.europa.eu
- National supervisory authorities: EDPB members edpb.europa.eu